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Environment & Natural Resources
AI in nature conservation: powerful tool or dangerous shortcut?
Environment & Natural Resources
More than 40% of Capetonians face severe air pollution health risks
21 Apr 2026
Circular Economy & Waste Management
When polluters don’t pay: Still no cleanup at South African oil refinery that’s caused millions in damage but was sold for 6c
Llewellyn Leonard 10 Nov 2025
Bursaries, Scholarships & Finance
Last call for applications: Transnet Bursary South Africa 2026
26 Sep 2025
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Nigeria’s plastic waste could enrich the fashion industry: here’s how
Solaja Mayowa Oludele 22 Sep 2025
Aesthetic Medicine
How climate change is rewriting the skincare playbook
Justine Liebenberg 11 Sep 2025
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Microplastics' escalating threat to SA health, environment
21 Jul 2025
Education & Skills Development
Why the future of climate change solutions hinges on Stem careers
Balan Moodley 22 May 2025
Primary & Secondary Education
Cultivating skills for a resilient and innovative future
Issued by JNPR 24 Jul 2024
Food, Water & Energy Security
Citizens team up with scientists to find solutions to SA’s deteriorating water quality
Issued by JNPR 23 Jul 2024
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Gold mine pollution is poisoning Soweto’s water and soil – study finds food gardens are at risk
Lesego Khomo 28 May 2024
Food Security
Scientists look to solve ozone threat to Africa's food security
Gloria Dickie 1 Sep 2022
Environment & Natural Resources
Great Barrier Reef row piles pressure on Australia for climate action
Michael Taylor 24 Jun 2021
Circular Economy & Waste Management
Biodegradable cigarette butts a potential source of toxic pollution
19 Mar 2021
Health & Safety
Oil refinery blast is one more reason South Africa should take industrial risks seriously
Nontobeko Mtshali 11 Dec 2020
Environment & Natural Resources
850,000 animal viruses could be caught by humans, unless we protect nature - UN report
Katie Woolaston and Judith Lorraine Fisher 30 Oct 2020
Circular Economy & Waste Management
The war against plastic is distracting us from pollution that cannot be seen
Thomas Stanton, Matthew Johnson and Paul Kay 27 Oct 2020
Land Policy, Reform & Restitution
South Africa's land reform policies need to embrace social, economic and ecological sustainability
23 Sep 2020
Environment & Natural Resources
New project explores impact of biodiversity loss on well-being in Africa
17 Aug 2020
Sustainable Farming
Palm oil: Research shows that new plantations produce double the emissions of mature ones
Sofie Sjogersten 24 Jan 2020
Research & Development
Daylight and not rains 'drives vegetation growth onset'
Nelson Mandela Ogema 18 Nov 2019
Environment & Natural Resources
Why we need African science for African sustainability
Duncan MacFadyen 6 Sep 2019
Agro-processing
Smallholder crop farming is on the decline in South Africa. Why it matters
Charlie Shackleton 4 Jul 2019
Inclusion, Empowerment & Social Justice
Economic empowerment of women is good for all
Kingsley Ighobor 26 Apr 2019
Environment & Natural Resources
Here are the top 10 battles for environmental justice from around the world
Julie Snorek 5 Jun 2018
Environment & Natural Resources
From drone swarms to tree batteries, new tech is revolutionising ecology and conservation
Euan Ritchie and Blake Allan 10 May 2018
Environment & Natural Resources
'Sustainable' Lego: plastics from plants won't solve a pollution crisis
Sharon George and Deirdre McKay 14 Mar 2018
Environment & Natural Resources
Can virtual nature and poo transplants solve city dwellers' health problems?
Anne Cleary and Dave Kendal 1 Nov 2017
Food, Water & Energy Security
The relationship between drought and famine: lessons from the Horn of Africa
Philippe Roudier 22 Sep 2017
Sustainable Development
Higher density cities need greening to stay healthy and liveable
Agriculture
Earthworms are more important than pandas (if you want to save the planet)
Sarah Johnson 31 Mar 2017
